#38BBC4#38BBC4

#38BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC4
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -31.52, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.80, 205.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1022 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3606, 40.3635, 58.4574)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC4 #C44138

analogous

#38C487 #38BBC4 #3875C4

triadic

#38BBC4 #C438BB #BBC438

tetradic

#38BBC4 #8738C4 #C44138 #75C438

square

#38BBC4 #8738C4 #C44138 #75C438

split-complementary

#38BBC4 #C43875 #C48738

monochromatic

#1D6065 #2A8E94 #38BBC4 #66CCD3 #96DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC4	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc4;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC4

secondary

#CC908C

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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